Disability is not Inability

There are a number of ways that people with HIV and their families can support positive living and prolong the period of no symptoms.

These include:

- Facing life with a positive attitude and not being overcome by stress and worries.

- Remaining active in the family, community and workplace, along-side and together with other people.

- learning more about HIV/AIDS by reading from disabilitykenya website etc or by talking to health care workers.

- using a condom everytime you have sex.

- practice a healthy lifestyle. This could include not smoking or using illicit drugs, eating good foods including fruits, vegetables, meat and fish, providing time for work and rest, and getting regular exercise.

- reducing the chances of developing other illnesses and by seeking health care and treatment for any illness as quickly as possible.

- using anti-retroviral medicines such as AZT which can reduce the levels of the virus and prolong life. However the cost of these medicines is increasingly becoming affordable.

- finding out about non-medical treatments including massage, meditation, and relaxation exercises, spirituality or alternative medicines. These may help the body’s strength to fight diseases. However, be careful of people who try to sell you substances as a cure for HIV and AIDS as there is currently no cure for the virus.

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